When she was looking at a new car this year, our old one reaching a decade and already a halifax-burnaby tour to its name, the prime issue was still range anxiety and crappy outlets.

But for po' kid me, it was cost: our old car cost 0 capital now, but the new one way, way, way more than 0. Shebover-ruked me but went with the ICE because the costs would be spread out better, she says.

Whatever. But that's the issues we're still dealing with. Me, I barely drove the old one and I'd need the beep-key to find the new one; but in our current economic climate, less-expense-now is how many more of us may be thinking.

I like electric cars. I still think the Tesla (with lidar) is really a great unit except for Musk and except for gull wings and that ugly 'truck'. But sticker shock and range anxiety will be a thing for a while (it's a gas hybrid next).

Okay, so the fiat as a battery car seems way too much fun between garage visits, but yeah.